#lesbia

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#also #attack #both #breaking #comprises

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#debatable #either #gay #inequality #issue

Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl. ↗

— Julie Anne Peters

#lesbian #love #romance #dreams

No one has imagined us. We want to live like trees, sycamores blazing through the sulfuric air, dappled with scars, still exuberantly budding, our animal passion rooted in the city. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#love #poetry #dreams

She scissored the curls away, and - toms, grow easily sentimental over their haircuts, but I remember this sensation very vividly - it was not like she was cutting hair, it was as if I had a pair of wings beneath my shoulder-blades, that the flesh had all grown over, and she was slicing free... ↗

— Sarah Waters

#haircuts #lesbian #transgender #freedom